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Sohee Jeong†, Dongwon Yoo†, Jung-tak Jang, Minkyoung Kim, and Jinwoo Cheon* († equally contributed)
Well-Defined Colloidal 2-D Layered Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals via Generalized Synthetic Protocols
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134 (44), 18233-18236
Date: Oct 29, 2012

While interesting and unprecedented material characteristics of two dimensionality (2-D) layered nanomaterials are emerging, their reliable synthetic methodologies are not well developed. In this study we demonstrate general applicability of synthetic protocols to a wide range of colloidal 2-D layered transition-metal chalcogenide (TMC) nanocrystals. As distinctly different from other nanocrystals, we discovered that 2-D layered TMC nanocrystals are unstable in the presence of reactive radicals from elemental chalcogen during the crystal formation. We first introduce the synthesis of titanium sulfide and selenide where well-defined single crystallinity and lateral size controllability are verified, and then such synthetic protocols are extended to all of group IV and V transition-metal sulfide (TiS2, ZrS2, HfS2, VS2, NbS2, and TaS2) and selenide (TiSe2, ZrSe3, HfSe3, VSe2, NbSe2, and TaSe2) nanocrystals. The use of appropriate chalcogen source is found to be critical for the successful synthesis of 2-D layered TMC nanocrystals. CS2 is an efficient chalcogen precursor for metal sulfide nanocrystals, whereas elemental Se is appropriate for metal selenide nanocrystals. We briefly discuss the effects of reactive radical characteristics of elemental S and Se on the formation of 2-D layered TMC nanocrystals.

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